I don't like the ongoing expense of pellets. And to be honest, trout have such a subtle flavor pellet fed trout just don't taste like naturally fed trout. I'd get the chubs, let them eat up the plant and zooplankton and convert that to trout food. If you could I'd put some diversity in there, some crawdads, and whatever else they let you do in Utah. I'm not a big fan of pellets to begin with, unless they are feeding forage like bg or tilipia. I'd rather establish a natural food chain and augment with pellets but that's it. Myself personally, I have never used pellets, and probably won't, just not my deal.